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Why Sarah Palin Takes American Sniper Criticism Personally
People Magazine ^
| January 20, 2015
| Sandra Sobieraj Westfall
Posted on 01/21/2015 2:53:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong.
But when Michael Moore and others take after the man behind box-office hit American Sniper it gets personal.
"You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots," the former Alaska governor and VP candidate wrote on her Facebook page Monday night after Moore, the liberal filmmaker, Tweeted that "snipers aren't heroes" which many took as a reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper.
It turns out that Palin and Kyle were friends. They met and bonded in 2011, when the retired Navy SEAL was hired to help with security at a movie premiere that Palin, a proud military mom, attended in Iowa. (Her eldest son, Track, was an Army infantryman who served in Iraq.)
Palin posted a photo showing Kyle (in sunglasses and taupe suit) in bodyguard mode as she signed autographs outside that screening.
They remained close as Kyle went on to star with Palin's husband Todd on the NBC reality series Stars Earn Stripes, where Todd earned the highest of praise from Kyle: "He's straight-up Rambo. Next time I'm in a war, I want Todd Palin on my side."(continued)
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: americansniper; bodyguards; chriskyle; kyle; michaelmoore; military; navy; palin; sarahpalin; theundefeated
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong. Unlike other Republicans, who say nothing for two or three years and then thank the other side for being so nice when they get sent packing.
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posted on
01/21/2015 2:55:26 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots,"
Moore is too fat to bend down.
To: 2ndDivisionVet; KC_Lion; Jim Robinson; Syncro; 3D-JOY; CatDancer; Abbeville Conservative; ...
Sarah Palin's Awesome Patriots Ping List!
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posted on
01/21/2015 2:57:39 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: onyx
Our greyhound could get to the sink without having to stand on a kid.
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posted on
01/21/2015 2:59:26 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can't imagine why Sarah Palin would call Michael Moore a fat, disgusting, quivering tub of meretricious lard.
OK, yes I can.
To: onyx; Windflier
Thank You for Pinging her Wonderful List Onyx!
((HUGS!))
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:01:22 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: onyx
Thanks for the ping, onyx! I don’t care who everyone wants for president. I want to vote for Sarah Palin! (and before someone comments that she isn’t running, no one else has declared yet, either)
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:04:36 PM PST
by
upsdriver
(Palin/West '16)
To: KC_Lion
I’m reading “The Silmarillion” to my boys, episodically ... (”You do too like it. It’s full of Vocabulary!”) and a passage recently reminded me of Sarah:
“Then Luthien stood upon the bridge and declared her power: and the spell was loosed that bound stone to stone.” (Page 212 in our paperback.) Luthien defeated Sauron and cast down the fortress he had occupied.
Also, I saw this recently at the liquor store and thought you’d be amused:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/42/134091/
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:07:28 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("A war is not over until the enemy stops fighting." ~ Thomas Sowell)
To: onyx
I love it! Good Doggy! In your face democ’RATS! Go Sarah!
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:09:43 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: onyx
To: 2ndDivisionVet; onyx
I take American Sniper criticism personally also....
My son served with Kyle in Fallujah, 2004.
Go get ‘em, Sarah!!!!
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:16:43 PM PST
by
MountainDad
(Support your local Militia)
To: upsdriver
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:25:44 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: bobby.223
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:26:04 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: onyx
HA HA who the kid LOL!
I see the Dog giving the kid “massage”
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:26:33 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: vetvetdoug
I do, too!!
God bless and keep you, dearest vetvetdoug!
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01/21/2015 3:26:55 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: MountainDad
God bless your son and your family.
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01/21/2015 3:27:30 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"which
many took as a was an obvious reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper."
Fixed it!!
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:27:57 PM PST
by
JaguarXKE
(1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
To: KC_Lion
Absolutely.
Been waiting to use that photo.
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:28:08 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: SevenofNine
LOL.
Yes. I’ve been waiting to ping her list with that photo!
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posted on
01/21/2015 3:29:01 PM PST
by
onyx
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